Wreck'Em Red
Fansided

Texas Tech basketball: Can Jahmi’us Ramsey be the chosen one?

By Nick Tattersfield

LUBBOCK, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 05: Guard Jahmi'us Ramsey #3 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders reacts after making a three-pointer during the first half of the college basketball game against the Eastern Illinois Panthers at United Supermarkets Arena on November 05, 2019 in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 05: Guard Jahmi'us Ramsey #3 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders reacts after making a three-pointer during the first half of the college basketball game against the Eastern Illinois Panthers at United Supermarkets Arena on November 05, 2019 in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit

Jahmi’us Ramsey is off to a great start in his Red Raider career but is he poised to be the next Texas Tech basketball legend?

Throughout college basketball when a program goes from good to great theirs a certain trend that takes place. A high rated recruit helps take the program to the next level.  In the 2019 signing class, Coach Beard got himself an elite recruit to come to Lubbock, Jahmi’us Ramsey.

So far, Coach Beard has turned a bottom of the basement program into a good program. The way he got transfers to come to Lubbock along with his player development has made Texas Tech into a top-tier team in the BIG 12.  Now Texas Tech is on the verge of becoming great.

Every program that is trying to become elite has a clear point of when that takes place. Usually, it involves a star freshman helps transform the team into an elite one. Some examples of this are John Calipari Kentucky program had John Wall, John Beilein Michigan program had Trey Burke, Leonard Hamilton Florida State program had Dwayne Bacon.

Wall at Kentucky averaged 16.5 points a game 4.3 rebounds and 6.5 assists. Trey Burke’s freshman year stats were 14.8 points per game 3.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists. Dwayne Bacon’s freshman year stats 15.8 points per game, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.5 assists. How does Ramsey stack up against these legends?

https://twitter.com/TexasTechMBB/status/1214624708680798208?s=20

Ramsey has been a scoring machine since stepping foot in Lubbock.  In his reintroduction to Red Raider nation, he had 15 points and 5 rebounds against Texas-Rio Grande Valley. On the season he’s averaging 17 points per game and 5.9 rebounds per game. He’s on par with those other star freshmen. He’s also the key for Texas Tech to have a chance at the Big 12 title.

Everyone in Lubbock is salivating over the star freshman. To some Red Raider fans, Ramsey is the second coming of Christ.  However, I just can’t hop on the Ramsey hype train just yet. There is one clear factor that has stalled my Ramsey hype.

More from Wreck'Em Red

He has played mainly against non-power conference teams. Eastern Illinois University and Houston Baptist are the main level of competition he’s faced. It’s hard for me to get excited when you put up number against this type of competition. Thus far, he has played against two power six teams.

Ramsey’s two opponents who are of a high level are Iowa and Oklahoma State. The Iowa game was 25 min of basketball where Ramsey wasn’t any good.  He shot 27% from the field and couldn’t get anything going all night. A collision with Iowa big man Luka Garza knocked Ramsey out of the game early in the second half as Tech dropped its first game of the year.  Fortunately, Ramsey was able to flip the script in the OK State game.

He was dominant the entire game on both ends of the court . He shot 54% from the field and 57% from three and finished the game with 18 points and 4 rebounds. On the defensive end he had 2 steals and 2 blocks .

Next. The all-decade small forwards. dark

Can he be the guy ? I have no doubt but I’m not going to say he’s program changing player just yet. No. 4 Baylor is up next for the Red Raiders and this could be a statement game for Ramsey.

Home/Texas Tech Basketball